January 23, 2017 C-SPAN News
Senator Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Senator Susan Collins (R-ME) held a press conference at the U.S. Capitol to introduce the Patient Freedom Act of 2017, a replacement bill for the Affordable Care Act, often referred to as Obamacare. They contrasted their bill against the existing health care law, and explained how the Patient Freedom Act would, in their words, grant states and patients more options while keeping health care costs transparent and “truly affordable.”